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The La Crosse Tribune reported Sunday, that Governor Walkers BudgetRepair
Bill cost La Crosse County $300 thousand. Board member, Bill Feehan
says.......wrong. It actually saved the county money.....and it all comes down
to easy math. Feehan, says if you take the Gross Budget Savings from employees
contributions Wisconsin Retirement System at $2.9 million and subtract $1.4
million from the Major 2012 Budget Challenges.....you come up with a net
gain of $1.5 million for La Crosse County. And not only
that.........................

Feehan says to say the governors budget bill was not good for Lacrosse
County....is just not accurate.

The La Crosse Common Council has overturned Mayor Harter's veto of the 2012 city budget, by a 12-2 vote. Only Jim Bloedorn and Doug Farmer voted to uphold the veto. Several council members spoke during a brief session Saturday afternoon, claiming that Harter did not publicly object to imposing new fees without corresponding tax cuts during meetings about the budget. After the meeting, the mayor insisted that he has often spoken against fees that are not balanced by tax cuts. Harter says he'll now have to wait until the 2013 budget process to make the changes he would like.

Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand has released new information about the baby
that was found on Labor Day...floating down the Mississippi River. A fisherman
saw a white boat, possibly a Sea Rae with a cabin, anchored along a bank of
the river. He saw a woman in her 30's to 40's alone in the boat...and she wasn't
fishing. Brand says they are not looking to arrest the woman, but.....

He said the the baby, named Angel, deserves a proper burial and he personally
would like to see closure in the case. As for how the baby died.......that's
still being investigated.

A surprise announcement in La Crosse city hall today from Mayor Matt
Harter regarding the upcoming year's operating budget and the $630 thousand
dollars in new fees that are a part of that spending plan.

Harter says, essentially, he's fine with fees. But he wants
property taxes to decrease at the same rate fees increase. The city
council will be in a bit of a rush. A budget has to be published
prior to tax bills going out in December.

The Government Accountability Board says they figure they will need over $650
thousand to get upcoming recall elections set up. But the GAB's Reid Magney,
says that won't be it money wise.

The GAB has not officially asked for the money but it did break down the
expected costs for the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, which would
allocate the funding. The board said it would need 50 temporary workers, and
office space for them to check the validity of up to one and a half million
petition signatures.

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